Rathven
Coordinates: 57°40′41″N 2°56′02″W / 57.678°N 2.934°W
Rathven (Scots: Raffin)[1] is a village and civil parish in Moray, Scotland. The parish has a population of 12,378[2] and includes the former burghs of Buckie, Findochty and Portknockie.
Churches
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In the village, as well as Rathven Kirk is the Roman Catholic St Peter's Church. It is sometimes inaccurately referred to as a cathedral. St Gregory's Church, Preshome and St Ninian's Church, Tynet are served from here. The church was built in 1851-7 to a design by Bishop James Kyle and Alexander and William Reid. In 1907 the chancel, altar and baptistry were altered by Charles Jean Ménart, who also designed St Aloysius Church, Glasgow.[3]
Notable people
The Addison family in Rathven can be traced back to the 17th century and this branch includes the Canadian-Czech philanthropist, Vincent Peter Addison (d. 2007) and the travel writer, David M. Addison whose latest work "Confessions of a Banffshire Loon" contains much information about the Addisons of Rathven as well as the Addisons of nearby Portknockie where Joseph Addison was the first provost. There are also a couple of chapters on the Gordons of Letterfourie who were the lairds and masters of the people of Rathven.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ The Online Scots Dictionary
- ↑ General Register Office for Scotland : Census 2001 : KS01 Usual Resident Population : Rathven Civil Parish Retrieved 2009-12-18
- ↑ Notes from the Author, Geograph.org.uk Retrieved 29 January 2013
- ↑ davidmaddison.org retrieved 20 November 2013
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